Tuesday, June 06, 2006

No list of possible nuclear sites, minister says. 06/06/2006. ABC News Online

The federal minister responsible for nuclear issues says that no list has been drawn up of possible sites for nuclear power stations.
Federal Cabinet will today examine a proposal for a wide-ranging review of the nuclear cycle in Australia.
Over the weekend, Labor released a confidential government document from 1997 with a list of possible sites for a nuclear research reactor.
Science Minister Julie Bishop has told Channel Nine she is not aware of an document with possible sites for nuclear power stations.
"I'm not aware of any list having been drawn up for a nuclear power site and so what we need to do first is, let's have the debate, an objective dispassionate discussion about nuclear power as an alternative source of energy," he said

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